Drum



j. LIMONCELLO.

DRUM.

APPLICATION HLED 1^N.14.1920.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

`UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. JOSEPH LIMoNCELLo, or cHicAeo', ILLINoIs,

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" f specincationbf Letters Patent.

` `Application anuary 14, I1920. Serial No. 351,300. p

T0 all whom it mag/concern.'

Be it known that l, JoslfiriltLlMoNonLLo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ot Illinois, have invented certain new and useitul Improvements in Drums, ot' which the 'following is a specification.

This invention relates to drums or cylindrical containers. l

One of the objects oi' the invention is to decrease the cost ot construction and to increase the desirable `qualitiesfot' devices ci l this character.

Another object is to provide a substantially damp proof drum for coffee, or the like, by lining it with a moistureresisting sheet oit material, such as calendered paper, or card hoard. i

Another object is to improve the head and chime structureito cheapen the cost oi production; to render the headmore convenient :for placement and replacement, and more durable.

Other, Yfurther and more particular objects of the invention will become readily apparent, to persons skilled in the art, :trom a consideration of the following description when taken in conjunction with the drawings, wherein Figure 1 a top plan view of the pre- 4ierred form ot drum with the head in place in the drum.

F ig. 2 is a central, vertical section through the drum and head.

Fig. `3 is a similar view of the drum and head. i

Fig. 4: is a top plan view oit a modiied iorln oi the head in place, in the drum.

Fig. 5 is a central. vertical section throl'lgh the drum.

Fig. (i is a Jfragment of the elevation of the drum.

In all the views the saine reference characters are employed to indicate similar parts.

I have `found that hy placing the hoops of the drum in pairs, one hoop inside and another hoop outside in the same horizontal plane, at the ends of the drum and intermediate thereof, that the structure is ren dered much stronger and that the cylindrical walls oi the structure may he made constituting the main portion oit' the cylinder, and between it andthe respective pairs olf hoops, not only contributes to the moisture resisting qualities but adds considerably to the strength oit the. structure. l have also iouiuitliat by placing the cleats on the heads oi theV drum in proper relation, that much thinner material may be used for the heads with equal strength than has heretofore been customary. j

1() represents a Wood veneer with its grain running axially witlrthe cylinder and terminating at the salient edgesot the chimes oi? the drum. lloops 11,` 12, 113 and. y 11- are placed on the outside oi' the drum, the termiinside of the cylinder and `constitute `the pairs oi hoops to he used in the` structure.

liiiing 15, preferably ot moisture resisting paper, or the like, such as calendered hoard or paper is placed preferably in intimate contact with the cylinder Wall 12 and hetween the respective pairs oi. hoops. The paper lining terminates inside of the chimes as at 1621s a means for indicating the position oli the heads 17 and 18.

InFig. 1, I have shown a cleat 19 extending across the body part 2O of the head and across the grain thereof. Shorter cleat members 21 and 22 are placed at right angies between the cleat member 19 and the other extremes of the head. T he cleats are shorter than the distance between the inte-- rior surfaces oit the cylinder 10 and shorter than the diameter oit the head Q0 to include a hoop The disk 2() of the head 1T shows the cleats 119, 21 and 22 on one side, Whereas the head 18, in the bottoni ot the drum, shows the cleats 19 and 21 on opposite sides of the head in which :instance the cleats each extend to the dirnei'isions .of the head as described with reference to the head 17. 4

To place the head in. position inside of the drum and. secured therein, the head is entered in the end ot the drum until the inner surface is in contact with the upper surface of the paper lining, as at 16. At this time there is considerable space between the end of the cleat and the chime of the drum. Now when the head is in place in. the drum, the hoop `11 is placed between the drum and the cleat ends and nails are .the hoops.

Vis easily placed in position and the hoop 11 is just as easily put in its position, after insertion of the head, and when 1t is de- -sired to remove the'head, 17 or 18, as the case may be, thev nails are removed, whereupon/the hoops 11 or '14" may be easily taken* from their positions and the head will be as easily displaced. vBy this means the head maybe placed in position and displaced Without'mutilating any of the parts `of the structure.

lIn Fig. t a single olea-t2@ is shown in which event the thicker body portion 27 of the head is required. In Fig. 3 I have shown the paper lining inside of the hoops 12 and 13 instead of being located between This leaves a smoother interior of the drum, but the structure is not quite so strong as the preferred form shown in In either of the structures nails are passed through-the pairs of hoops and through the douter wallsY and lining and are preferably clenched on the inside of the drum. VThis fmakes aV superior means of support and provides a `very'durable and strong` Wall with a minimi'im thickness of material composing the Wall. l

The outside cleats, attached t0 the respective heads, are in the vsame horizontal plane with the ends of the cylindrical Walls therefore supporting the contents of the drum when the latter .is standing on either of its ends.

Having described my invention what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A drum having an outside, one-piece wall, of veneer, with the grain extending axially of the drum; a lining of calendered paper in intimate contact with the entire inner surface oi' the outer wall and terminating inside the Chime at each end; a` plurality ol pairs of hoops, between the usual end hoops, one of each pair on the inside of the structure and one on the outside thereof; a headv f in each end, each head neatly eorrespomling in diameter to the inner diameter of the cuter wall; a cleat on the inner surface ot the head, equal in length to the diameter of the head; another cleat on the outer surface of the head, disposed at right angles to the inner cleat, said outer cleat being materially shorter than the diameter ol the head, at each end, and secured to the head before the head is placed in position in the end of the drum; a hoop, insertible between the inner surface oi the outer wall and the ends of the outer cleat, ai'ter the head has been placed in the end of (he drum and means to secure the head, hoop and cleat, in place whereby to provide a strong, moisture-proof drum and to facilitate closing thereof.

ln testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name.

JOSEPH LIMON CELLO. 

